After a lengthy period of relative quiet @wdavison10 has popped up in a new and truly terrible #HoldYourFire podcast on the conflict in Northern Ethiopia hosted the usually insightful @atwoodr, one which reflects very poorly on @CrisisGroup.
https://twitter.com/althecat/status/1510005948940750854
The podcast comes just 2 days after TPLF conducted an online campaign against @CrisisGroup’s @Meron_El issuing an open letter to raise their grievances.
https://twitter.com/althecat/status/1509256292854030340?s=21&t=mH9gfhDAtSP4oMvuv5YOTw
https://twitter.com/althecat/status/1509256292854030340
Whilst we can’t necessarily connect these two events, the podcast is not up to @atwoodr’s usual standards and is a bit loose and stream of consciousness at times.
It’s also incendiary in the context of current domestic politics in Ethiopia. An odd approach to peace building.
It’s also incendiary in the context of current domestic politics in Ethiopia. An odd approach to peace building.
In particular it’s content (a lot of it questionable) will undermine Ethiopian public support for the fragile ceasefire which has just resulted in the first aid convoy reaching Tigray in some time which @crisis group claims to be “cautiously optimistic” about.
And this takes place in the context of a concerted effort in the U.S. Congress to sanction the Govt of Ethiopia #s1399 #hr6600 (neither mentioned in the podcast) supported by a significant increase in TPLF information warfare.
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